The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dane Cook and Louis CK may have buried whatever comedy hatchets they had toward each other in a very public way on CK’s FX show, Louie. But Cook still has a bone or two to pick with Daniel Tosh. In a video he posted today to YouTube to promote his …
In case you missed it last week, Comedy Central’s 2011 “Comics to Watch” showcase is online as a full, uncensored episode. Jeffrey Ross hosted from Carolines on Broadway as part of the New York Comedy Festival. Your performers, in alphabetical order, were Kevin Biggins, Kurt Braunohler, Michael Che, Emily Heller, Sam Morril, Mark Normand, Josh Rabinowitz and Daryl …
Do you have an unending love for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? If you were to rank the fellas by their senses of humor, then where would you place Raphael? Does your answer change after you watch this clip, in which Raphael, now in his 20s, attempts stand-up comedy at …
Congratulations go out to Nick Vatterott, who won the 2011 Andy Kaufman Award on Monday night in New York City. He joins a list of past winners that includes Kristen Schaal, Reggie Watts and Brent Weinbach. Vatterott has enjoyed playing with the structure of stand-up, and famously became a “New …
You’d think someone would have done this much sooner. Like, maybe the second day of YouTube. But nope. Not until now can you enjoy this “TV commercial” for Dick’s Nuts. Looks like Dee’s Nuts have some competition. Finally. Roll it! The site listed for this video redirects to an unfinished …
Who is Jenny Slate? Who better to answer that question than Jenny Slate. In her new video, “Self Esteem,” Slate, her comedy partner Gabe Liedman and her life partner Dean Fleischer-Camp follow her around and comment about her life, or what they think her life must be like. I’m jealous. …
The Kennedy Center honored Will Ferrell this year with the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The ceremony, which taped last month in Washington, D.C., and aired on PBS on Oct. 31, featured Ed Asner, Jack Black, Matthew Broderick, Adam McKay, Conan O’Brien, John C. Reilly, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon …
Comedy Central has extended its Comics To Watch concept for a second year, picking eight up-and-coming comedians who will showcase their talents live during the New York Comedy Festival on Nov. 9, 2011, at Carolines on Broadway — with an online premiere at cc.com/standup on Nov. 11. Presented with Pandora® internet radio, …
Usually, a press release or announcement late on a Friday is meant to sneak something sinister past the press and your attention. This is the opposite of that. YouTube announced last night that it’ll launch several brand-new channels full of original entertainment — as the company said: “These channels will …
The Gillette Odor Shield Sweat for Greatness contest celebrates ordinary men achieving extraordinary things. And the three finalists in this year’s contest have truly remarkable stories of greatness, as you’ll discover in the profiles that follow. Whose story is most extraordinary? Cast your vote online at si.com/greatness. Steve Wampler, from …
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